2011 Indiana Code
TITLE 20. EDUCATION
ARTICLE 44. PROPERTY TAX LEVIES; GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2. GENERAL LEVY POWERS

IC 20-44-2
Chapter 2. General Levy Powers

IC 20-44-2-1
Application
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to each school corporation.
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.167.

IC 20-44-2-2
General levy powers
Sec. 2. Each governing body may annually levy the amount of taxes that:
(1) in the judgment of the governing body; and
(2) after being made a matter of record in the minutes;
should be levied to produce income sufficient to conduct and carry on the public schools committed to the governing body.
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.167.

IC 20-44-2-3
Duty; rate necessary to pay obligations
Sec. 3. The governing body shall annually levy a rate that will produce a sum sufficient to meet all payments of principal and interest as they mature in the year for which the levy is made on the:
(1) bonds;
(2) notes; or
(3) other obligations;
of the school corporation.
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.167.

IC 20-44-2-4
Levy; emergency loans
Sec. 4. A school corporation may impose a levy for a fund, as permitted in IC 20-48-1-7, to repay an emergency loan to the fund.
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.167.

IC 20-44-2-5
Levy; joint schools
Sec. 5. The school trustee or board of school trustees of Indiana may levy taxes in maintaining a joint school established with a school corporation in an adjacent state under IC 20-23-11 as are otherwise provided by law for maintaining the public schools in Indiana.
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.167.

IC 20-44-2-6
Application of statutory limits
Sec. 6. The power of the governing body in making tax levies shall be exercised within existing statutory limits. The levies are subject to the review required by law.
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.167.

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